Question

Tell about Hitler and his life

Answer 1

I am not sure any brief summary can be offered on such a topic. There is much to be discussed with it and there are so many divergent vantage points that one can take on it. In my mind, the rise of Hitler can be tied into German disenchantment and despair that followed World War I. As previously stated, the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles made life so difficult for the Germans that there was a level of disengagement with the current political system. The situation was ripe enough for an outsider with a vision to enter and capture the political and moral imagination of the German body politic. Hitler entered this setting with a complete and totalizing view that emphasized a strong German future. He was able to do this because of the employment of the politics of blame. Hitler was able to blame the Western European nations for German problems as evidenced in the Treaty and his perception of a long standing envy of the German nation. Hitler was able to blame the Jewish individuals of the nation for holding jobs and positions that "pure Germans" did not. Hitler was able to blame everyone that was not a part of his party and his belief system and this worked extremely well. Germany, as a whole, was not in the position nor the frame of reference to engage in honest and open self reflection. The politics of blame worked as a better substitute for the German people of the time, which was proven with Hitler's steady and consistent rise to power.